BANGKOK, 25 July 2015 – The Ministry of Culture is set to hold Thai textiles exhibition at the National Museum in Bangkok as tribute to Her Majesty the Queen on 14 August, the Minister of Culture has said.
The Minister of Culture Vira Rojpojchanarat has revealed that the Ministry will be hosting the Thai textiles exhibition as tribute to Her Majesty Queen Sirikit on 14 August 2015, at the National Museum in Bangkok.
The exhibition titled ‘Wichitbhusapattraporn’, will feature rare Thai textiles and textiles from mountain tribes and other Thai ethnic groups, along with Thai textures from 40 National Museums in other provinces. The Ministry’s officials and the general public are free to submit their own rare textiles, to be put on display at this exhibition.
The exhibition will then be developed into a permanent textiles museum situated in the Bangkok National Museum in 2016 from the initiation of the Prime Minister.
The Minister of Culture has said that another textiles exhibition, titles ‘Thai Textiles, Thai Identity’ will also be held at Siam Paragon shopping center on 19-23 August 2015, showcasing the evolution of Thai textiles which dates back up to three thousand years.
He added that the Ministry will also hold the Thai Textiles Marketplace event at Khlong Phasing Krung Kasem Canal next to the government house. This event will allow the public to see and purchase textiles and clothes gathered here from all over the country, directly from the manufacturers themselves.
